02.06 Russia to Ban Adoptions by Same-Sex Couples - Official
MOSCOW, June 2 (RIA Novosti) - Foreign same-sex couples will be officially banned from adopting Russian children, said Alexei Levchenko, an aide to a Russian deputy premier overseeing social issues, Olga Golodets.
In accordance with the Russian Family Code, same-sex couples are barred from adopting children. Most likely, courts wont authorize such adoptions without any additional legislative acts. However, an additional amendment will be passed, stipulating that adoptions are possible only for two-parent (traditional) foreign couples, Levchenko told RIA Novosti on Saturday.
Russias ombudsman for childrens rights, Pavel Astakhov, said Thursday that Moscow should impose a moratorium on adoptions by French citizens now that France allows same-sex couples to marry and adopt children.
